Cousins at Texas State Aquarium

President's Day, which was February 18th I believe we took a little trip down to the Texas State Aquarium.  B's cousins were in town for the weekend and we took advantage of the holiday (for very few) and took them to see the fishies.

We got there shortly after it opened and since most people were working/in school, it was practically empty.  Except for the slew of kids on a field trip, but we just avoided whatever area they were in.

Can you find the seahorses?!

This was Brady's first time to the aquarium.  He seemed to really like the aquarium part when we went to the zoo in November so I thought he'd love it.  Well, I wouldn't say he loved it.  He more liked than loved it.

But we still had a really good time!  And J & E were great with Brady.  Such great helpers!

Brady did love the dolphin area!

Love the next series of photos.  Dolphins are simply amazing!

 

 There he/she goes...

 
Looks like someone had a fun time...love him!

What a fun way to spend the morning with your cousins!

Pigs, goats, & cows -oh my! (a play-date)

Last Thursday, we had fun play-date planned with some of our Kindermusik friends.  It is livestock show time around here so we took advantage of taking the kiddos out to show them around.

Brady was all about the animals.  He wasn't scared to pet them or call them.  According to him they were all either "dawg" or "We-no" even though I tried to explain they were neither a dog or Reno.

We met up with our friends and went through all the barns looking at the exhibits.  First up was the pigs.  And oh my how I had forgotten the awful smell of livestock shows...either that or when you are "young" you just don't notice those things!  Because I do not remember it smelling that bad when I showed pigs, hmm almost 11 years ago.

Our first stop:  the pigs!

Next the goats!

Brady really liked the goats.  Kept calling them "we-no, we-no" and reaching into the pen to pet them.  So cute to watch!

Then the rabbits...a sweet mom let all the kids pet her son's bunnies. 

 Sweet friends.  O & Brady.

 

Next up...the ugly birds!  Turkeys & chickens.

 Lots of walking...

And looking...and smells! ;)

We stopped and looked at the lambs, then our last stop were the cows.  By this point, Brady was in melt-down mode and mommy was sweating from chasing him.  He insisted on walking through this exhibit but it was filled with cow manure so he was not the happiest about being held.  I was also probably breaking out into sweats as he "squealed" at the cows, all while me panicking he didn't startle one of them.  I'm sure the exhibitors were thrilled to see us go, ha!

We did manage to get a group photo...and ha what do you know we are the only ones not looking, ha!  This is real life folks...B wanted a snack during the picture and we are missing a shoe!  The other kiddos & moms look great though :)

Brady refused to stay in the stroller.  He wanted to be on the loose, Mr. Independent!  Walked until his little legs just shouldn't anymore!

It turned out to be a beautiful day!  After a much needed nap, we made a trip to the mall for B. some new clothes and jacket.  Thanks to his Mimi!!!

These are the moments/day I live for.  Seeing the world through my child's eyes...there is nothing sweeter!  I'm so thankful I am able to experience and make these kind of memories with B.  I cherish these so much, even if they aren't always easy on this sweaty, nervous-wreck momma! ;)

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."

PooL PaRtY!! PlaYdatE!

Friday, I hosted a play-date pool party.  There seemed to be somewhat of a baby boom last fall/winter and so Brady has lots of little friends. :)  And since it is insanely hot here, I thought a pool party would be fun!

And fun it was...I served chicken salad sandwiches, a veggie tray, chips and various dips, goldfish crackers, sharkies fruit chews, and fruity pool pebble krispy treats.  We also had a bucket full of drinks and lemonade.  Robyn helped me with some of the food and came early to help with preparations...couldn't have done it without her!

 Grace Marie :)

 Lovin' these sweet babies!!!

Robyn, Grace (8 months), myself, Brady (5 1/2 months), Paige (10months), and Jaime

We also had Matthew who is about a week older than Brady and Tinley who is about 2 weeks younger than Brady, but we didn't get a picture of them :(  I think there was a total of 10 kids plus their mommas and a few daddys to help out with all the kids.  My good friend Pam also came and Stacy with her 2 girls.  Amy is Matthew's momma, who didn't swim but his older brother and sister did.  RJ loved going down the slide, along with Kait.



It was a great way to kick of Memorial day weekend!  I can't wait to do it again with all of Brady's friends! :)  So fun to have such little people same age as Brady!